Polish hacker Joanna Rutkowska has branched out on her own, launching a new security services startup called Invisible Things Labs.

Rutkowska, an elite hacker who specializes in offensive rootkit research, said the new company will focus mainly on operating system security -- system compromises, stealth malware, anti-virus and HIPS product assessments, and OS hardening.

She said a big part of company's business will be investigations of unusual incidents, including analysis of sophisticated targeted malware when there is a suspicion that a company's trade secrets are stolen

Rutkowska has teamed up former COSEINC Advanced Malware Labs researcher Alexander Tereshkin, aka 90210, in the formation of the new company.

Tereshkin is a well-known reverse engineer and Windows kernel expert. Like Rutkowska, he is skilled in rootkit technology and kernel exploitation.

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